The Militaristic Federation of The Sheika is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Supreme Commander Long with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cheerful population of 21.258 billion Sheika are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlantis. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Sheikan economy, worth a remarkable 3,076 trillion Cubits a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 144,701 Cubits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's been a banner year for local vexillology, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", space has been brought down to earth with constellations of cancer cases across The Sheika, and kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Sheika's national animal is the Chimera, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Sheika is ranked 240,341^st in the world and 23^rd in Absolution for Most Armed, with 0.13 Weapons Per Person.